Friday and Ed Jacobs (Barney Philips) look for a baby that was kidnapped from the hospital.

Season 1, Episode 4 (1952)

Note: Fixed the above referenced problem with sound.


This movie is part of the collection: Classic TV

Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Classic TV; Dragnet;

Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0

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Reviewer: netdawg - - June 27, 2012
Subject: the big mother, uh? lol
the title threw me off a bit, duh? i just don't get it! oh well, the show was ok. it was a tad bit boring, but it was ok.

Reviewer: I_loved_this movie! - - August 1, 2011
Subject: slowwwwwwwww oh so slowwwwww
It takes her 5 minutes to say "Yes, I stole the baby", while a slow plinky plunk guitar plays. Then they tell you she was under acute mental strain. Duh.
Watching this might cause YOU acute mental strain.

Reviewer: richgoup - - July 31, 2011
Subject: The Big Mother (Dragnet).
Season 1, episode 4.
Original air date: 31 January 1952.
Cast: Jack Webb (Sgt. Joe Friday), Barney Phillips (Sgt. Ed Jacobs), Peggy Webber (Roberta Salazar), Harry Bartell (Frank Salazar), Dan Riss (Doctor Walsh), Joyce McCluskey (Nurse O`Connor), Ralph Moody (John Wallace), Olan Soule (Sgt. Harland Stall), Herb Ellis (Sgt. Joe Olivas), George Fenneman (Announcer Opening (uncredited) and Hal Gibney (Announcer Closing (uncredited).
From IMDB.

Reviewer: uniQ - - April 16, 2011
Subject: "and was found to be under an acute mental strain"
I love these episodes that deal with unstereotypical and/or unlikely cases. In this one, one of a set of twin babies disappears from a hospital. Friday and Jacobs first find out how it could have happened and then where it (he) went to.

One warning: The sound is extremely loud. Turn your volume down all the way and then inch it up or you'll probably get a noise complaint!